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· A_‘` 52 Tlmaty-Si.rth Annual Report
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- Apiary Inspection. The inspection of apiaries placed fc
.. under the entomologist and botanist of the Experiment Ste- H
tion by a state law enacted by the General Assembly of 1922, li,
·» it has shown that foul brood is so prevalent in counties engaged O,
i - in beekeeping in a commercial way that it threatens to put a al
stop to Wllat S€V€1‘al years ago was a flourishing business, It ' in
_ was formd necessary because of the burden of other work to b,
_ l leave most of this to county inspectors during 1923, and it is m
., i believed that good has been done both in suppressing the dis- Sa
. case and in educating beekeepers in methods of treatment. A
»___ Q`; tl} total of 4,242 colonies was inspected, of which number 694 1,
,_'_ were infected with American foul brood and 159 with Euro- - ‘ `
fi.; , pearl foul brood.
2 . I Cfoamery and T€St€I‘°S LiC€11S6. Four hundred and fifty—0ne Ei;
?E.i3}_j.·., l_ ~ cream station licenses have been issued during the year; 29 of `
' V tl1€S€ W€1‘€ I‘€11€Wal llC€11SOS for creameries, ice cream factories
·,»» and milk plants operating in Kentucky; 8 for new plants be-
~ , . ginniug operation this year; 25 for independent buyers of but
if * r terfat; 272 cream station renewals and 117 for new cream sta-
tions. There are at present 374 licensed stations in Kentucky
>. -,_ __ and 11 Kentucky licensed plants in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
· i Tennessee and West Virginia buying butterfat in this state,
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§ Twenty—four tester’s license examinations were held dur- _
. ing the year; 6 at Lexington, 6 at Louisville, 6 at Cincinnati, 3 h,
l ` at Paflllcdll, 2 at Owensboro and 1 at Fnanklin. For these as
I; · examinations 204 testers were notified and 135, or 66 per cent ‘ W
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. of the number notified, appeared. Of those present, 88 per m
T cent made a passing grade of 75 or higher. W
A it . Of the 391 licensed testers in Kentucky, 318 hold renewal el
licenses granted July 1, 1923, and 73 are new operators licensed _ dl
, p since tha.t date. Sixty-seven licenses were issued to new m
— operators prior to July 1, i923_
° it Creamery and cream station inspection has decreased, due W
c to the fact that fewer stations are in operation, During the ·
year 167 stations were visited in 91 towns and 44 counties. ls
` I Only a few cases of over or under reading of the test were W
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